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				Built-In Class Date
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				The built-in Date class.
				
				
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								<div class="fixedFont"><b><a href="../symbols/Date.html#format">format</a></b>(format)
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								<div class="description">Converts a date to a string using the specified formatting.</div>
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								<div class="fixedFont">Date.<b><a href="../symbols/Date.html#.parse">parse</a></b>(s, format)
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								<div class="description">Parses a date from a string, optionally using the specified formatting.</div>
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					<span class="light">{string}</span>
					<b>format</b>(format)
					
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						Converts a date to a string using the specified formatting. If the
<tt>Date</tt> object already supports the <tt>toLocaleFormat</tt> method, as
in Firefox, this is simply an alias to the built-in method.

<p>The format string is in the same format expected by the <tt>strftime</tt>
function in C. The following conversion specifications are supported:<ul>

<li>%a - abbreviated weekday name.</li>
<li>%A - full weekday name.</li>
<li>%b - abbreviated month names.</li>
<li>%B - full month names.</li>
<li>%c - locale's appropriate date and time.</li>
<li>%C - century number.</li>
<li>%d - day of month [01,31] (zero padded).</li>
<li>%D - same as %m/%d/%y.</li>
<li>%e - day of month [ 1,31] (space padded).</li>
<li>%h - same as %b.</li>
<li>%H - hour (24-hour clock) [00,23] (zero padded).</li>
<li>%I - hour (12-hour clock) [01,12] (zero padded).</li>
<li>%m - month number [01,12] (zero padded).</li>
<li>%M - minute [0,59] (zero padded).</li>
<li>%n - newline character.</li>
<li>%p - locale's equivalent of a.m. or p.m.</li>
<li>%r - same as %I:%M:%S %p.</li>
<li>%R - same as %H:%M.</li>
<li>%S - second [00,61] (zero padded).</li>
<li>%t - tab character.</li>
<li>%T - same as %H:%M:%S.</li>
<li>%x - same as %m/%d/%y.</li>
<li>%X - same as %I:%M:%S %p.</li>
<li>%y - year with century [00,99] (zero padded).</li>
<li>%Y - year including century.</li>
<li>%% - %.</li>

</ul>The following conversion specifications are <i>unsupported</i> (for now):<ul>

<li>%j - day number [1,366].</li>
<li>%u - weekday number [1,7].</li>
<li>%U - week number [00,53].</li>
<li>%V - week number [01,53].</li>
<li>%w - weekday number [0,6].</li>
<li>%W - week number [00,53].</li>
<li>%Z - timezone name or abbreviation.</li>

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									<span class="light fixedFont">{string}</span> <b>format</b>
									
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								<dd>a format string.</dd>
							
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								<dd><span class="light fixedFont">{string}</span> the formatted date.</dd>
							
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								<dd><a
href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toLocaleFormat">Date.toLocaleFormat</a>
documentation.</dd>
							
								<dd><a
href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html">strftime</a>
documentation.</dd>
							
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					<span class="light">Date.</span><b>parse</b>(s, format)
					
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						Parses a date from a string, optionally using the specified formatting. If
only a single argument is specified (i.e., <tt>format</tt> is not specified),
this method invokes the native implementation to guarantee
backwards-compatibility.

<p>The format string is in the same format expected by the <tt>strptime</tt>
function in C. The following conversion specifications are supported:<ul>

<li>%b - abbreviated month names.</li>
<li>%B - full month names.</li>
<li>%h - same as %b.</li>
<li>%d - day of month [1,31].</li>
<li>%e - same as %d.</li>
<li>%H - hour (24-hour clock) [0,23].</li>
<li>%m - month number [1,12].</li>
<li>%M - minute [0,59].</li>
<li>%S - second [0,61].</li>
<li>%y - year with century [0,99].</li>
<li>%Y - year including century.</li>
<li>%% - %.</li>

</ul>The following conversion specifications are <i>unsupported</i> (for now):<ul>

<li>%a - day of week, either abbreviated or full name.</li>
<li>%A - same as %a.</li>
<li>%c - locale's appropriate date and time.</li>
<li>%C - century number.</li>
<li>%D - same as %m/%d/%y.</li>
<li>%I - hour (12-hour clock) [1,12].</li>
<li>%j - day number [1,366].</li>
<li>%n - any white space.</li>
<li>%p - locale's equivalent of a.m. or p.m.</li>
<li>%r - same as %I:%M:%S %p.</li>
<li>%R - same as %H:%M.</li>
<li>%t - same as %n.</li>
<li>%T - same as %H:%M:%S.</li>
<li>%U - week number [0,53].</li>
<li>%w - weekday [0,6].</li>
<li>%W - week number [0,53].</li>
<li>%x - locale's equivalent to %m/%d/%y.</li>
<li>%X - locale's equivalent to %I:%M:%S %p.</li>

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									<span class="light fixedFont">{string}</span> <b>s</b>
									
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								<dd>the string to parse as a date.</dd>
							
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									<span class="light fixedFont">{string}</span> <b>format</b>
									<i>Optional</i>
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								<dd>an optional format string.</dd>
							
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								<dd><span class="light fixedFont">{<a href="../symbols/Date.html">Date</a>}</span> the parsed date.</dd>
							
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								<dd><a
href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strptime.html">strptime</a>
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